Sam Ojuri Named to CFPA FCS Running Back Watch List
5/7/2012 3:30:00 PM | Football
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--North Dakota State University's Sam Ojuri has been named to the 40-player 2012 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS Running Back Watch List. Ojuri is one of five Missouri Valley Football Conference running backs in the select group.
Ojuri, a 6-foot, 205-pound junior from Barrington, Ill., rushed 187 times for 1,105 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2011. He had five 100-yard games and averaged 5.9 yards per carry.
In four NCAA playoff games, Ojuri rushed 55 times for 324 yards and three TDs. He gained 136 yards on 17 carries in the 24-0 win over Lehigh University in the quarterfinals.
Ojuri rushed 12 times for a career-high 165 yards including a 95-yard TD run against Saint Francis, Pa. (9-12-11).
North Dakota State won the program's first NCAA Division I Football Championship with a 17-6 win over Sam Houston State on Jan. 7 and also claimed the program's first Missouri Valley Football Conference title. The Bison were 14-1 overall and 7-1 in MVFC.
The Bison open the 2012 season against Robert Morris at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, in the Fargodome.
College Football Performance Awards FCS Running Back Watch List
Andrew Smith, Albany
Isidore Jackson, Bethune-Cookman
Jordan Brown, Bryant
Darien Robinson, Citadel
Jordan McCord, Colgate
Andrew Pierce, Delaware
Larry McCoy, Duquesne
Matt Denham, Eastern Kentucky
Jerodis Williams, Furman
Kenny Little, Gardner-Webb
Robert Brown, Georgia Southern
Dominique Swope, Georgia Southern
Dawrence Roberts, Grambling
*Shakir Bell, Indiana State
Washaun Ealey, Jacksonville State
Dae'Quan Scott, JMU
Zach Barket, Lehigh
Julian Hayes, Monmouth
Cody Kirk, Montana State
Dontra Peters, New Hampshire
Jake Miller, North Dakota
Sam Ojuri, North Dakota State
Zach Bauman, Northern Arizona
David Johnson, Northern Iowa
Chuck Dibilio, Princeton
Tim Flanders, Sam Houston State
Fabian Truss, Samford
Kenny James, San Diego
Steve Strother, Southern Illinois
Kyle Harbridge, St. Francis, Pa.
Marcus Coker, Stony Brook
Miguel Maysonet, Stony Brook
Trabis Ward, Tennessee State
Tevin Barksdale, UT-Martin
*Terrance West, Towson
Dominique Williams, Wagner
C.J. Tuckett, Weber State
Eric Breitenstein, Wofford
Donovan Johnson, Wofford
Mordecai Cargill, Yale
Jamaine Cook, Youngstown State
